The Apostles' Creed THEAPOSTLES’ CREED A research paper submitted to Dr. David Pederson In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements For The course CHHI 520 Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary By Fannie M. Thomas Lynchburg‚ Virginia October 10‚ 2011 Table of Contents Introduction... 3 History...
Legend has it that the Apostles wrote this creed on the tenth day after Christ's ascension into heaven. That is not the case, though the name stuck. However, each of the doctrines found in the creed can be traced to statements current in the apostolic period. The earliest written version ...
Samaria, perhaps more than any other location in the Holy Land reminds us of the patience and mercy of God. Its message rebukes our tendency to avoid or discriminate against people because of their race, colour or creed. How often are we, like the disciples, only too eager to call down ...
Apostles’ Creed, a statement of faith used in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and many Protestant churches. It is not officially recognized in the Eastern Orthodox churches. According to tradition, it was composed by the 12 Apostles, but it actually devel
Acts of the Apostles, fifth book of the New Testament, a valuable history of the early Christian church. Acts was written in Greek, presumably by the Evangelist Luke, whose gospel concludes where Acts begins, namely, with Christ’s Ascension into heaven.
During this gradual clarification of the essentials of Christian orthodoxy there was also scope for free discussion and speculation within the limits of the rule of faith and the baptismal creeds, a freedom of which the adventurous mind of Origen took full advantage. Heresy meant denial of the ...